Corr, Philip

Philip J. Corr is a faculty member at City University of London, UK. He is a personality psychologist with a main interest in understanding fundamental systems of motivation and emotion associated with approach and avoidance behavior, and, especially, how these systems relate to the wider psychological landscape.

Early Life and Educational Background

Philip Corr was born on June 11, 1962, in London. Having narrowly avoided early dispatch from this life (he received the “last rites” in hospital shortly after birth) and then enjoying a less than illustrative school career – which he puts down to a perverse trait x situation interaction, ineffectual Roman Catholic conditioning (now entirely in extinction – if only the reward schedule of reinforcement had been greater than the punishment one!), and a generally uninspiring educational environment – Philip left school at 16 years of age with few worthwhile qualifications but with a certain independence of mind, some would say verging on...